Tool for applying metal ribbon-leaf



H. M. BIR- .TOOL FOR APPLYING METAL RIBBON LEAF.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, i920.

Patented July 27, 1920.

gnoenfoz Haw/ 711552" UNITED sTxLs A PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN M. BIB, or HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.-

TOOL FOR APPLYING vMETAL RIBBON-LEAF;

Application filed March 2.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatl, HERMAN M. BIR, a citizenof the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county ofHuntington and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tools for Applying Metal Ribbon-Leaf, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In the art of gilding the metal leaf is usually provided in book form,the leaves being separated by tissue sheets. Considerable waste ofmaterial usually results when using metal leaf in book form and the workis necessarily slow and tedious.

The present invention aims to save material and enable the work to beperformed with comparative ease and despatch.

The drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of the invention.However, it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meetdifferent conditions, various changes in the form, proportion and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thenature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings hereto at tached:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a tool embodying the invention asit appears when in use for lettering.

' Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the tool, parts being broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by likereference characters.

' The tool comprises a frame which includes a member 1 and laterallyextending elements 2 and 3, the latter being threaded to receive a nut4, which is preferably of the type to be operated by hand. The elements2 and 3 are disposed in parallel relation and constitute spindles uponwhich are mounted spools or rollers. The element 5 constitutes a guideroller and is mounted upon the spindle 2. The element 6 is a spool uponwhich the leaf in ribbon form is wound, the leaf being separated by aribbon of tissue. The spools 5 and 6 may be of any relative diameter butare preferably of uniform length so as to maintain the ribbon in properposition. The member 1 of the frame consists of a rod or bar which isprovided at one endwith a handle 7 to be grasped by the hand asindicated in Fig. 1. The member 1 is offset near its juncture with theSpecification of Letters Patent. tente y 7, 1

1920. Serial No. 362,665.

handle as indicatedatS to provide a rest to be engaged'by a linger ofthehand to enable the tool to be" firmly gripped. The

thumb of the hand grasping the tool is utilized. as a brake to preventthe ribbon from unwinding too freely from the spool and to hold theribbon when the metal leaf is being applied to the work. The spindles 2and 3 preferably form a part of the member 1 and are adapted to receivespools of vary ing lengths according to the width of the ribbon. Plates9 and 10 are mounted upon the spindles 2 and 3 and embrace opposite endsof the spools 5 and 6 and serve to hold the roll of the ribbon in properposition. The plates 9 and 10 have apertures in coincident relation andof a size to snugly receive the spindles 2 and 3. The spools and theribbon roll are confined between the plates 9 and 10 and are held inproper position on the spindles by means of the nut 4 which is turned upagainst the outer plate 10 to such a degree as to prevent binding of thespools or roll of ribbon.

The metal leaf of any nature and width is wound upon a spool as 6 toform a roll 11, it being understood that the metal ribbon is separatedby a ribbon of tissue in substantially the same manner as the metalleaves are separated by sheets of tissue when in book form. When thetool is properly charged for the work the guide roller 5 is of a lengthcorresponding to the width of the roll of ribbon so as to be properlyretained between the plates 9 and 10. The width of the ribbon roll willdepend largely upon the nature of the work, it being understood that aroll of ribbon will be provided so that there will be no appreciablewaste of material. The end of the ribbon is drawn from the roll 11 andis passed around the guide roller 5 as indicated most clearly in Fig. 1.The leaf is exposed on the outer side of the ribbon of tissue therebyenabling it to be conveniently and rapidly applied to the work. Theribbon is drawn from the roller 11 as the leaf is used and the unwindingof the ribbon may be controlled by the thumb of the hand grasping thetool as inclicated in Fig. 1. The leaf is applied to the work bygrasping the tissue ribbon between the digits of the hand and applyingthe leaf to the work, substantially as indicated in Fig. 1. It will thusbe understood that by proper selection of a roll of leaf metal of properwidth there need be no appreciable Waste of material and theconstruction is such as to admit of the leaf being applied to the workwith ease and despatc Having thus fully described my invention What Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: r

'1. A tool of the character specified-coIn-.

prising a frame embodying laterally extending spindles, plates mountedupon the spindles and adaptedto receive between them a guide roller, anda roll ofribbon leaf, and

means for retaining the parts on the spindle in the required adjustedposition. 7

2. A tool of the character specified comprising a frame embodying alongitudinal l handle at one end of theframe, the latter being ofi'setadjacent the handle, plates loosely mounted upon the spindles, one ofthe spindles being threaded and a nut mounted upon the threaded spindleto retain the parts in position thereon.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

.HERMAN M. BIB.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. RIOE. MARVEL PLASTERER.

